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John Adams Papers
Collection — Container: MS Adams
Call Number: MS Adams
Scope and Contents
This is an artificial collection that was created with letters from the Mellen Chamberlain, Americana, and English Civilization collections and contains 61 letters written by John Adams before he was President, primarily to Dr. Benjamin Rush. In addition, there are three letters written to Adams and 15 others either written about him or in which he is mentioned. In addition, there are 82 items that were removed from the inside of Adams's books (approximately 35 of those are notes written in...
Dates:
1764-1906
Moses Grant, Jr. Correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Call Number: MS Ch. M.2.2, pt. 2
Scope and Contents
This collection, dating from 1812-1862, documents the business relationships of Moses Grant, Jr., his role in the temperance movement, and his philanthropic endeavors. Letters concerning Grant’s paper business describe debts paid and owed and forthcoming paper orders. Other papers in the collection concern the temperance movement in Boston, in which Grant was very involved. These consist of transcripts of speeches made at temperance meetings, pleas made to the Suffolk Board of Trade,...
Dates:
1812-1862; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1893
Oliver Wendell Holmes Correspondence
Collection — Container: MS Am.1303
Call Number: MS Am.1303
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 29 letters from Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) to various correspondents, dating from 1852-1892. Primary recipients are Phineas Barnes and Clara Barnes Martin, friends of Holmes who write about personal and family matters. Other letters pertain to Holmes’ literary endeavors and reminiscence of Beverly Farms, Massachusetts. Also included are letters to James T. Fields and Bram Stoker.
Dates:
1852-1892; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1939
